Connecting people
The most important thing in building and sustaining any community is that it brings value so that participants would come back for more. In the three examples below, beyond the formal conversations, it also fosters personal connections.
VPofEngineering/CTO Community of Practice
As the name implies, it is a technical cohort. Some of the recent discussion included lessons in re-architecting one of the US-wide content distribution network into cloud. The stated objective of this group is to solve problems, share business experience, and create opportunities.
Silicon Valley Innovation Executives
A group of executives and strategists chartered to bring external innovation into their companies. Recent conversations included what kind of ecosystem is needed to support intelligent vehicles and the best way for Silicon Valley based innovation outposts to communicate with company headquarters in Europe and Asia.
Stanford Product Realization Lab
A joint Engineering and Business school program at the Stanford University where students and alumni present their projects and venture ideas to a group of mentors from different industries and functional background for feedback and consultation.
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